Norwegian politician
Christian Pierre Mathiesen (14 April 1870 – 8 August 1953) was a Norwegian landowner and politician for the Conservative Party .
Background
He was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway,[ 1] as the youngest son of landowner and industrialist Haaken C. Mathiesen .[ 2] He finished his secondary education in 1888, graduated from the agricultural school at Sem in 1890 and also took agricultural education in Denmark.[ 3] He was the owner of Linderud Manor from 1893, while his oldest brother Haaken L. Mathiesen inherited the family company Mathiesen Eidsvold Værk . In 1940 he passed Linderud Manor down to his nephew, another Mathiesen Eidsvold Værk inheritor, Jørgen Mathiesen .[ 4]
Career
Having many political positions in Aker ,[ 3] Mathiesen was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1900 from the constituency Akershus Amt . He served one term. On 22 October 1903, when the Hagerup's Second Cabinet assumed office, he was appointed as the new Minister of Agriculture . He lasted until 25 September 1904,[ 5] when he was replaced by Johan Egeberg Mellbye .[ 6]
He was also the chairman of Fællesslagteriet from 1911 to 1936, Akers Sparebank from 1918 to 1945,[ 1] Fellesbanken from 1921 to 1928 as well as Forsikringsselskapet Norden . He was a supervisory council member of the Royal Norwegian Society for Development .[ 3]
Personal life
He was married to Celina Ihlen (1874–1948), a daughter of Conservative Party co-founder Jacob Thurmann Ihlen and his Belgian wife Ambrosine Rouquet. They had the son Haaken C. Mathiesen, Jr .[ 7] [ 8] Christian Pierre Mathiesen was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav and Commander, First Class of the Order of the Dannebrog .[ 3] He died in 1953.[ 1]
References
^ a b c Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Christian Pierre Mathiesen" . Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 21 September 2011 .
^ Sejersted, Francis (2003). "Haaken C Mathiesen" . In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 6. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 11 April 2009 .
^ a b c d Hoffstad, Einar , ed. (1935). "Mathiesen, Chr(istian) P(ierre)" . Merkantilt biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian) (1st ed.). Oslo: Yrkesforlaget. pp. 509–510. Retrieved 21 September 2011 .
^ Bratberg, Terje . "Mathiesen" . In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 21 September 2011 .
^ "Christian Pierre Mathiesen" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 11 April 2009 .
^ "Francis Hagerup's Second Government. 22 October 1903 – 11 March 1905" . Government.no . Retrieved 11 April 2009 .
^ "Dødsfald". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). 16 April 1919. p. 4.
^ Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Mathiesen, Haaken Christian" . Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 372. Retrieved 21 September 2011 .